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Record Nr.

UNINA9910816487503321

Autore

Haughton Jonathan Henry

Titolo

Handbook on poverty and inequality / / Jonathan Haughton, Shahidur R. Khandker

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC : , : World Bank, , [2009]

copyright 2009

ISBN

0-8213-7614-4

Descrizione fisica

xxi, 419 pages : illustrations ; ; 24 cm

Altri autori (Persone)

KhandkerShahidur R

Disciplina

339.4/60727

Soggetti

Poverty - Statistical methods

Poverty - Econometric models

Equality - Economic aspects - Econometric models

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Foreword; About the Authors; Abbreviations; 1 What Is Poverty and Why Measure It?; 2 Measuring Poverty; Tables; Figures; Boxes; 3 Poverty Lines; 4 Measures of Poverty; 5 Poverty Indexes: Checking for Robustness; 6 Inequality Measures; 7 Describing Poverty: Poverty Profiles; 8 Understanding the Determinants of Poverty; 9 Poverty Reduction Policies; 10 International Poverty Comparisons; 11 The Analysis of Poverty over Time; 12 Vulnerability to Poverty; 13 Poverty Monitoring and Evaluation; 14 Using Regression; 15 The Effects of Taxation and Spending on Inequality and Poverty

16 Using Survey Data: Some Cautionary TalesAppendix 1 Data Introduction; Appendix 2 Stata Preliminary; Appendix 3 Exercises; Answers to the Review Questions; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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